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& Kansas downed Missouri 3-2 Wednesday behind Brittany Williams’ 15 kills for its first Big 12 victory since Oct. 14 of last year. It was also KU’s first conference road win since Nov. 9, 2005 and snaps a 12-match conference losing streak.

& Texas freshman Juliann Faucette slammed 23 kills and hit .583 in the Longhorns’ three-game sweep of Iowa State. Faucette had just two errors in 36 swings.

& Baylor overcame a 10-4 deficit in the fifth game to down Colorado 30-26, 30-32, 27-30, 30-26, 16-14. It was the third straight match between the teams that went to five games.

& Sarah Ammerman and Mary Batis tallied 21 kills apiece and Kelly Stanton and Jillian Phillips added 10 kills each to help Texas A&M hold off Texas Tech, 30-27, 30-21, 21-30, 27-30, 15-10 in front of 1,897at G. Rollie White Coliseum.

The Aggies (11-2, 1-2 Big 12) earn their first Big 12 victory and snap a two-match losing skid, which included a conference-opening five-game home loss to Oklahoma after taking a two-game lead.

& For the second straight week the Oklahoma volleyball team knocked off a top-25 team on the road as the Sooners edged No. 16 Kansas State, 3-2 (16-30, 30-28, 30-26, 16-30, 15-13) behind Anna Stadel’s 15 kills.